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Sunday, October 27, 2013

I'm on a ROYGBIV Roll!

This is what happens when you re-organize your fabric shelves and see what you all have there. I love to organize by colour. This quilt emerged when I sorted my scrap strings. And this one when I sorted all my fat quarters and larger scraps!

I backed this one with some snuggly flannel from Riley Blake in a lovely bright red. I quilted it using the "wavy" stitch on my Bernina (stretched as wide as it could go and at length "3") and my walking foot. It was so easy peasy and so satisfying because a little wiggle is totally unnoticeable, unlike with straight line quilting. I'm so happy with the results.

The binding is a fun orange Pezzy Print from American Jane. All pieced with Aurifil in 50 wt of course. I used Aurifil in a light gray for the top quilting and a rainbow variegated for the bobbin, to add colour to the reverse side. Dimensions are 36" by 52".

As much as I love it, it is a little small for the growing members of my family and even for me. It will soon be up in my Etsy shop!

ETA: I completely forgot to give credit to Becca at Bryan House Quilts! Her Rainbow Plus Quilt has been such a part of my quilting subconscious for a while now I barely realized it was not from my own brain! Becca's, however, is a sophisticated and grown up version which is absolutely breathtaking. Go look!!